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The difference is, the person who was mugged was DEFINITELY mugged, we just aren't sure WHO did the mugging--hence the trial for the person they think might have done it. The plaintiff is a victim, regardless of whether the defendant was the one who did it.
In some cases, the person who was raped was NOT definitely raped, it's he-said-she-said whether it was consensual or not.
If we're talking about a woman who was attacked and raped on her way home from work by someone she didn't know, then she is a victim. If we're talking about someone who had sex with someone she knew, then she isn't a victim until it's been proven it wasn't consensual.
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